Knowledge Forum Zürich

Zürich · October 2026 · Invitation only — a day of talks, client cases and open exchange on AI-powered customer intelligence.

Knowledge Forum Zürich: audience listening to the Suva x Delta Labs session

The Forum

Where the people shaping the field learn from each other.

The Elaiia Knowledge Forum brings together leaders and practitioners who put simulated customers into real decisions. Client cases, an executive open forum and an honest discussion about what works and what does not.

What happened

  • Helsana: two years from “AI cannot reflect people’s needs and emotions” to “couldn’t we explore this with AI twins?” – and the 50+ studies in between.

  • Lorenz: customer evidence inside the product-development loop, earlier and across markets.

  • Triumph: AI twins at several stages of the Winter 2027 collection, from early design to the campaign brief.

  • Suva: validation, integrating own data, and fitting simulation into how teams already work.

  • Executive Open Forum: where organisations start, what builds trust, what matters after the pilot.

  • Closing from Cindy Candrian and Anne Scherer: the value is accumulated learning, not one simulation.

Key takeaways

  • Earlier evidence changes the development process. Teams learn sooner, and a disproved assumption early is cheaper than the same lesson late.

  • Customer intelligence can enter before the idea is finished – as a creative collaborator, not a validation gate.

  • Validation is part of adoption. Trust comes from internal validation on a question the team already knows the answer to.

  • Simulations get more relevant once the organisation’s own data and context are in.

  • Don’t argue louder. Build better evidence.

  • The advantage is not one simulation. It’s the accumulated learning from hundreds of decisions.

Who was there

  • Heads of insights, marketing and product from insurance, consumer goods and apparel.

  • Speakers from Helsana, Suva, Lorenz and Triumph.

  • The Delta Labs team behind Elaiia.

At a glance

Date1 October 2026
LocationZürich
FormatIn person, invitation only
Participants60 leaders
Next editionSpring 2027
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